Journalists protest over al-Jazeera trio

BBC Online :
Hundreds of journalists have gathered in London to protest against the seven-year jail terms given to three al-Jazeera journalists in Egypt.
A court in Cairo found Australia’s Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed guilty of spreading false news.
The trio had denied the charges and are expected to appeal.
Egypt’s President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi said on Tuesday he would not “interfere” with the judiciary which he described as independent.
Earlier, Australian FM Julie Bishop told the BBC Canberra would work with the Egyptian government to try to secure Greste’s release “as soon as possible”.
 “We support Egypt’s transition to democracy, but that also includes freedom of speech and press.”
Ms Bishop also ruled out imposing sanctions on Egypt, saying it was “not helpful at this stage”.
The father of Greste told reporters in Brisbane that the family was “devastated” and “shocked” by the verdict.